[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.

  • Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DWELLING HOUSES, &c. The approximate estimate of dwelling-houses of all descriptions within the Borough, including Institutions, at 31st December, 1918 . 26,807 The approximate estimate of schoolrooms, warehouses, &c. 1280 Births and Deaths in Birkenhead.—During the year 1918 there were recorded 3113 births and 2605 deaths in the Borough of Birkenhead. The natural increase in the population in 1918 was therefore 508. Of the births 1605 were males and 1508 were females; of the deaths 1314 were males and 1291 were females. The following table shows the revised estimated population of Birkenhead, the density of population and the number of births, deaths and zymotic deaths, and also the birth and death rates deducible from these figures for the years 1911 to 1918. Year Revised Estimated Population at Midsummer Persons per acre. Births. Deaths. Zymotic Deaths. Number Birth rate of Births per 10O0 perimnum Number of Deaths Death rate per 1000 per annum Number of Deaths Death, rate per 1000 per annum 1911 131,377 34-1 3732 23 4 2107 16-0 304 2 3 191-2 J 33,521 34-6 3774 28-2 1964 14-7 197 1-4 1913 135,740 35'2 3907 28-7 2032 149 205 1-5 1914 137,996 35*8 3772 273 2153 15 6 244 1’7 1915 140,291 364 3844 27 4 2193 15- 211 1-5 1916 142.622 37-0 3848 26-9 2034 14-2 196 13 1517 144,993 37-6 3261 22-4 1932 13‘3 117 0 8 1918 147,403 382 3113 211 2605 17-6 680 4 6
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